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i Letters Patent No. 78,015, dated flirty 19, 1868; antedated EIM/13, 1868.

IMPROVED ANIMAL-TRAP.

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T() .ALL WHOM IT MAY CGNC'ERN Be it known that I, THOMAS L.R1vens, of the city and county of St. Louis, State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Animal-Traps; and I do hereby declare that the `following is a full,

clear, and exact descr'iptionthereof, reference being had to the accompainyin'g drawings, and letters of reference i marked thereon, which forma part of this specication.

Figure 1, in the drawing, represents a. rat and mouse-trap. It consists of a. wire cage on a wooden groundwork, with a. slide or trap-door, B, which door so works on a hinge that when it falls it e'ectualiy closes the doorway to the trap. The doorway is provided with side-pieces, so the animal cannot get out. v I

In Figure 2, A is the trigger, with a hook at one end, as seen at D. C is a catcl1 on theY trigger, and is provided with shoulders, F F, which serve to throw the trigger. These shoulders project beyond the catch, and are rounded, so the edge of the' door will be thrown oi the catch C, and, in this case, the door falls and closes the entrance. This trigger is provided with a receiver to hold the bait, and is so constructed that the bait is in front of the door. The hook Dis hung on the wire ofl the trop, so the catch C will come opposite the door,

and in such a manner that the doors edge will rest in the catch of the trigger. Now, if you wish to .set the trap, liftthe door and piace it in the catch C of the trigger, and, when the trigger is disturbed by the animal, the door will fall.

I do not claim the door or cage, for they are in common use, but

What I claim as new, and for which I ask Letters Pat-ent of the United States to be granted me, is

The trigger A,`with its rounded shoulders F F and ca tch C, in combination with the door, as above described, l

and for the plirposes set forth. y

T. L. RIVERS.

Witnesses:

WM. M. EccLEs, CHARLES H. GHAPIN. 

